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RELATED:-I think right now I-ve got a good chance to do it but at the same time I don-t want to think about it. Since the beginning of the year I-ve been playing like this and I don-t want to start thinking about being number one, just play the same way,- said Garon following the morning skate. Although he hasn-t had four consecutive starts until tonight, he has been playing more as of late - and football teams playing well. Since December 2, Garon has had the decision in 12 of 17 games although Roloson did come down with strep throat several weeks ago which limited his starts. The Oilers are a confident team in close games, largely because of their success in the shootout. In 13 shootout games, they have won 11 times. Garon has been in goal for seven of those wins and has yet to lose this season in the football teams showdown. Garon has stopped a remarkable 21 of 23 shots in the shootout. His ability to stop the puck has allowed such shooters as Sam Gagner-Matty gives you a lot of confidence going in, knowing he-s going to stop it most of the time,- Gagner remarked. -It take some pressure off you. You can just focus on what you have to do and you don-t have to worry about his end too much. It makes it pretty football teams easy and a lot more fun and loose when you-re going in.--We-re at the stage right now where you-ve got to go with the guy that-s hot. This stage of our season right now, given the situation we-re in, we quite obviously have to stay with him,- said MacTavish.The head coach said he wasn-t concerned about Roloson-s ability to work through this stretch and ultimately peform in net next time he-s calle football teams d upon. -The thing about him is he-s got a considerable amount of mental toughness. He-s been in this situation before in Minnesota so he has that experience to draw on. The nice thing about this whole situation is I know when Roli goes back in he-s going to be real solid.Garon noted that there was no tension between himself and Roloson despite the recent goaltending situation. -He-s practicing re football teams ally hard and for me and all the players it-s good to see that.--You just gotta go out and practice and be ready when you get that opportunity to play,- he said. -It-s part of being a professional, you-ve got to do whatever you can to help the team win.SKATE PROBLEMS FOR SMID on Saturday night about eight minutes into the first period of the game against the New York Rangers. The blade of his skat football teams e essentially fell off, leaving him with little to no traction on the ice. WATCH VIDEO: 700 K-My skate fell apart. I lost the blade,- said Smid. -I was really happy the ref blew the whistle. I was stuck on the ice and couldn-t push with my right skate,- Smid commented. -It was a 30 second job for Staffy so it wasn-t a really big deal.- football teams
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